Ana    Maria    Salazar    is    considered    one    of    the most    versatile journalists/analyst in Latin Americaand one of the foremost experts on security  issues,  US/Latin  American  relations,  and  US  politics.  She  has worked and studied in the US, Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala. She has written five books on politics, security and leadership issues and is a  popular  speaker  at  business,  government  and  academic  forums regarding security, politics and international relations. Since  2004  she  has  anchored  an  English-speaking  nation-wide  radio news program “Imagen News”which is heard in 19 Mexican cities.  Her TV  work  includes  anchoring  a  weekly  news  magazine,  in  English,  at ADN40, a weekly political roundtable in Spanish “El Mundo Según Trump” at El Financiero/Bloomberg TV, and “Gabinete de Seguridad.”Between  June  1998  and  January  2001,  Ms.  Salazar  served  at  the Pentagon    as    Deputy    Assistant    Secretary    of    Defense    for    Drug Enforcement  Policy  and  Support.  As  a  result  of  her  efforts  at  the Pentagon,  in  2000  Ms.  Salazar  was  recognized  by  Hispanic  Business Magazine as one of the 100 most influential Hispanic Americans in the United States. Prior to joining the Pentagon, Ms. Salazar served at the White House as Policy Advisor for President Clinton’s Special Envoy for the Americas in 1998 and from March 1995 to June 1997, she served in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement  Affairs.  Ms.  Salazar  has  also  worked  and  lived  in  Latin America. In Colombia she served as the Judicial Attaché at the United States  Embassy  in  Bogotá,  coordinating  evidence  and  information requests   between   the   United   States   and   the   relevant   Colombian agencies.    She    also    has    supervised    multi-million-dollar    projects designed  to  improve  the  administration  of  justice  in  Colombia  and Guatemala.Ms.  Salazar  received  her J.D.  from  Harvard  Law  School  in  1989  and  a B.A.  from  the  University  of  California  at  Berkeley  in  1986.  She  is admitted   to   practice   law   in   Massachusetts   and   in   the   District   of Columbia and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.